Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam on Sunday criticised the lifeless wicket prepared for the first Test after Sri Lanka racked up a record total to take a stranglehold on the match.
Sri Lanka, who won the toss, feasted on the flat and grassless National Stadium track, piling up 644-7 in their first innings after two days' play -- their highest total against Pakistan.

Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera smashed double hundreds during a world record stand of 437 as Sri Lanka left Pakistan with a mountain to climb in the opening Test here on Sunday.
Jayawardene ended on 240 and Samaraweera struck a career-best 231 as the tourists declared their first innings at 644-7, their best ever total against Pakistan, on the second day at the National Stadium.

KARACHI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera broke a 52-year-old record for a fourth wicket test partnership on Sunday on the second day of the first test against Pakistan.
Jayawardene (240) and Samaraweera (231) put on 437 runs from 643 balls for the fourth wicket, breaking the previous best of 411 by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey of England set against West Indies in 1957 at Edgbaston.

Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera smashed double hundreds and a 52-year record for the fourth wicket stand as Sri Lanka pulverised Pakistan's attack in the first Test here on Sunday.
The batting pair had accumulated 437 runs for the fourth wicket when both fell in successive overs before the tea break.

KARACHI (Reuters) - Captain Mahela Jayawardene became the 10th batsman to score a century against each of the other test countries on Saturday on the opening day of the first test against Pakistan.
Jayawardene (136 not out) and Thilan Samaraweera (130 not) shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 229 in Sri Lanka's 406 for three at the close.

Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera hit punishing hundreds to lead Sri Lanka's run charge against Pakistan on the opening day of the first Test here on Saturday as the tourists reached 406-3.
Jayawardene was unbeaten on 136 -- his 25th Test hundred -- while Samaraweera notched 130 not out for his eighth hundred after the tourists won the toss and decided to bat.

Pakistan's newly-appointed captain Younus Khan said his new-look team would not be under pressure when they take on Sri Lanka in their first Test in 14 months starting here Saturday.
The 31-year-old, leading Pakistan in the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, has to overcome the problems of lack of match play and absence of key players, including star batsman Mohammad Yousuf and frontline paceman Shoaib Akhtar.

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan have named four pace bowlers in their line-up for the first test against Sri Lanka and three youngsters who have yet to make their test debut.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan said the 12 players seelected for the match which begins on Saturday includes opener Khurrum Manzoor and pace bowlers Sohail Khan and Mohammad Talha, untried at test level.

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan have dropped pace bowler Sohail Tanvir and allrounder Shahid Afridi for the first test against Sri Lanka starting on Saturday.
The selectors have called up uncapped youngsters Mohammad Talha and Ahmed Shahzad to the 15-man squad.